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In Saxon days the village was called Woadhull (or Woad Hill), due to the amount of woad (blue plant used for dyeing) grown in the area.
A Saxon stronghold stood on the banks of the river and when this fell to the Normans the land was granted to Walter the Fleming who promptly started to erect a motte and bailey castle. By Tudor times the 2902 acre estate was in ruins.
An attractive winding country village, on a bend of the River Ouse has many thatched stone cottages and a thatched pub.
Heiress Agness de Wahull married into the Chetwood family and the estate was leased to William Alston who, after much restoration work, bought the entire estate in 1633. Members of the family resided here until 1931, when fire gutted the building and the property was then bought by the Lawson-Johnston family, and the 2ndLord Luke still resides here.
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- Landmark